I’m a simple man and I'd say an easygoing, adventurous and friendly person.

My preferred activities are cycling, going to concerts and sport events, playing football and tennis. I like going out for playing billiards in a bar or dancing all night long in a club night, but also playing badminton in the park, kart driving or chilling home, playing video/board/card games or to watch something. I need both getting out of my comfort zone regularly to feel alive and staying back there for a while to rest and recharge. Don't take and never did any drugs. I also don't drink alcohol anymore since 01/01/2025.

More to less I like to travel by bicycle, airplane, train, ferry, bus and car. I adore cities crossed by big rivers as Prague and Vltava, Budapest and Danube, London and Thames or the canals of Amsterdam. Mountains and seaside are both awesome to me, but it's more likely to make me climb something, if you take a bicycle too. As much as I love cycling, I do not walking. You can make me run only if there's a ball to chase or I'm in hurry and I'd miss the subway train otherwise :D I love animals as well, but I'm not willing to have a pet in an apartment again. If I live in a house someday, it would be one of the first things to do.

It could be said I'm a tech guy to a certain extent, but for some things I could be quite conservative if I don't feel I need the new upgrade or a change because of a trend.
Graduated high school for IT, but I realized I don't want to spend most of my lifetime in coding, stuck on a desk at home/laptop or even worse to me, in an office. I know it's hard to understand for many people these days in such a materialistic world, but I even prefer to do cycling deliveries, being outside all the day, meeting new people all the time and doing something I really love to.

I was apolitical until my late 20s, but it was slowly changing through the years and my final breaking point was the way pandemic was managed by the WHO and the governments worldwide. I'm not an anti-vaxxer and I did the complete immunization calendar back in my childhood and teenage years, but I refused to take any of the COVID ones on the recommendation of my doctor and never agreed on the Green Pass policy. Instead, I actively participated in the protests here in my country from the very beginning of the mass lockdowns. It turned to be anti-government as well at some point and led to the biggest political crisis in my lifetime. We had 8 parliamentary elections just for the next 3 years and I never missed to vote in this period. All the time for the nationalistic party which took the role of a protector of the citizens from the police when we protested against the COVID measures and it's also calling for referendum about our EU membership, if it doesn't change drastically soon. I'd vote for Trump, if I had US citizenship, for Wilders, if Dutch, for AfD, if German, etc. which doesn't mean I'm the biggest fan of such people at all. But in my opinion globally we reached a point when choices and changes must be made, if it's not even too late for some of it.

An anti-war person, but if you're trying to convince me there's an innocent side in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, I won't be interested. Brothers and sisters are killing each other there and it's the only thing that really matters. I don't need anyone to repeat the propaganda of either side to me. If you try to make me believe all Russian/s or American/s or whatever is/are bad, I'd give you examples for personalities and/or art to prove you wrong defending the opposite. As I did, with my full respect to the personal tragedy, with a Syrian once, translating to him a devastatingly (self-)critical song of US rock band against their foreign policy. Although we shared same opinion about it and what happened with his homeland because of it. So after, I asked him to tell me again all American(s) is/are evil, but he ended up in tears realizing the grief caused him to generalize wrongly for years. This is the song, if someone is curious: https://youtu.be/eQji1bEXwc0?si=eGb4WMqdaEEkFv8d
For the open wound in the Middle East, I'm definitely pro-Palestinian, because although the state of Israel is much more developed country compared to what it was on these lands before its creation, and closer to the civilization and values that I'm used to and share - to genocide another nation playing a victim when they radicalize is not the way to do. I'd probably radicalize as well, if you do it to my homeland and nation. So I'm not anti-jewish at all, I had good colleagues and friends of them, but I'm definitely anti-zionism.

Don't define myself as religious, but I realize more and more over the years that I share Christian and so-called traditional family values, so I guess nowadays I can be called conservative more than anything else. Although I consider myself a truly tolerant person, the extreme levels to which neoliberal woke and cancel culture has reached have turned me into one of its passionate and politically incorrect opponents. I'm not homophobic or racist, although I can have some prejudices based on experience. If you behave respectfully, don't push me to share values that I don't want to and I find reasons to keep in touch with you, it doesn't matter to me where you're coming from, religion, skin color, sexuality, etc. and we can be friends. And the opposite - if you don't behave, it doesn't matter if you're white, straight and Christian like me, it just won't work between us. You can believe in whatever you want, live the way you want, if it doesn't hurt others and to perceive yourself however you like, but in the end of the day the genders are just two and only a woman can give birth to a child. It's nature and biology, not everything on this world is about choice, no matter if we like it or not. As if you want to move somewhere because of achievements of another society - you're the one who must to adapt to it and change, but not the majority to the minority. Otherwise, pretty soon it won't be the same place you liked and dreamed about. So if we lose the family unit and values, we're losing it all for our so-called Western world civilization the way it was built and I personally liked it. I'll never agree to live in a world where it's accepted so-called biological man, trans woman or whatever to fight women in sports for money, entertainment and sick ideology while child-free agenda is trying to be presented as a plan for a... future?! It's lunacy to even put those words in one sentence. Being delusional about it won't make it truthful ever.

As can be read, I have my certain opinions but also I'm always open to respectful discussion, if the other side is looking for it. If not, I think that I have enough self-irony to turn differences into jokes and fun time or don't talk about it at all focusing on other topics where we're closer or mutually interested to dive deeper. I don't feel the need to impose my own views on others realizing well some of them can be controversial even to each other sometimes. So the reason why I'm so detailed and open about it here is not that I'm standing so strong on it all the time. It's because I really don't like and have no respect to double standards, demonization and one-sided people who are so arrogant or hypocritical that when they consider something to be right from their perspective, judge the opposite so hard that they would even avoid further communication before trying to understand the reasons behind a certain opinion. Pretending at the same time to be open-minded and liberal, isn't that ironic and funny? :) Political correctness, censorship and mass media propaganda have influenced many people to be like this nowadays, so if anyone reading these lines feels that way about what I texted, maybe it's really better to not waste each other's time. I'd prefer to not host or be hosted by people who would like to be condemnatory over genuinely interested and respectful.

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety”, B.Franklin
"There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue", Ed.Burke
"When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty”, Th. Jefferson
"The further the society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate the ones who speak it"

"If you believe free speech is for you, but not your political opponents, you're illiberal. If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist. If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian. If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist", J.K.Rowling

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To experience more meetings like these:

Hosted
- 2025/07: Gabriel Vivas (Venezuela) / Adam Kožík and Viktoria (Slovakia) / Jhonnie (Panama)
- 2025/06: Jakub Kuć and Ola (Poland) / Aleksandra Pawlak (Poland) / Carter Smith (USA) / Viola and Daria (Italy)
- 2025/03: Paul Knightly (Canada) / Anthi Iosifidou (Greece)
- 2017/09: Juliane Heffe (Germany) and VJ (Australia)
- 2017/09: Jovana Jovanovic (Serbia) + Met 2019/05 in Belgrade
- 2017/09: Alexia (France) / Sissyane Rodrigues (Brazil)
- 2017/08: Lotte (The Netherlands) / Jochen Schiersch (Germany)
- 2017/06: Andreas Haas and Tim (Germany)
- 2017/05: Ruth Clark (Scotland) / Teodor Aagaard (Norway)
- 2017/04: Ekaterina Norkina (Russia)
- 2016/07: Amy Pond (France)
- 2015/09: Benjamin Pauer (Germany)
- 2015/04: Tim Sippala (Finland) + Met 2016/09

Surfed
- 2025/10: Silvia Martins from Portugal (Zwolle, NED)
- 2025/09: Mareike and Dirk (Ewijk, NED) / Hans van der Knaap (Rotterdam, NED) / Lotte (Heerhugowaard, NED)
- 2025/08: Lizette Meertens (Tilburg, NED) / Elise (Hliversum, NED)
- 2024/05: Julie from France (Amsterdam, NED) + 2025/08
- 2014/11: Hugo Verkley and Susan van der Veen / Loeka van Bijnen (Utrecht, NED)
- 2013/11: Judith de Waard and Simon Kleine / Daniëlle Beekman / noorkonings (Utrecht, NED)
- 2013/11: Masha Moisseyeva from Kazakhstan, Oscar Ulises Carreon - Mexico and Jonathan Liu - Hong Kong (Utrecht, NED)
- 2013/11: Jaimy Landman (Haarlem, NED) + 2014/10 ; 2016/01 ; Met 2016/12 in Amsterdam and 2018/02 in Sofia
- 2013/11: Stephanie van Hoeijen (Haarlem, NED)
- 2013/08: Petru Enoiu (Craiova, ROU) + Met 2014/11 in London
- 2013/08: Noelia Ferreyra from Argentina (Ramnicu Valcea, ROU)
- 2013/08: Sebastian (Fagaras, ROU)
- 2013/06: Pieter Scheelbeek (Eindhoven, NED)
- 2012/10: Krzysiek Rychlik from Poland (Brussels, BEL) + Met 2014/08 in Sofia
- 2012/10: Evelien van de Velde and Wilco Verherbrugge; Nitida Dooms (Terneuzen, NED)
- 2012/10: Lieze Neven (Antwerpen, BEL) + 2012/11

Met
- 2025/09: Laura van Beek (Amersfoort, NED)
- 2024/11: Catalina Esteban Tatay, Spain (Sofia, BUL)
- 2024/05: Olya Grishina, Russia (Sofia, BUL)
- 2017/06: Tanya Nesterova, Russia (Sofia, BUL)
- 2015/06: July Rodrigueiro, Brazil (Sofia, BUL)
- 2013/11: Dylan de Heer and Carlijn Kortland (Utrecht, NED)
- 2013/08: Alexandra Trica, Alin Stanica and Irina Tanasescu (Craiova, ROU)
- 2013/08: Mario Ulloa from Mexico (Ploiești, ROU)

Interests

Supporter of CSKA Sofia since childhood. Pyro is not a crime, right?! ;)
Love Novak Djokovic both as athlete and personality, Simona Halep is my favorite tennis player of the women
Ticket To Ride series is my fav board game
I'm always up for playing Belote with friends

PC Games: Syberia, The Black Mirror, Pathologic, Still Life, Erica, The Wolf Among Us, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Nox, Darkstone, FIFA, PES, Football Manager, Ultimate Soccer Manager, Mountain Bike Adrenaline, Tennis Masters Series, Virtua Tennis, Age of Empires, Cossacks: European Wars, Heroes of Might and Magic, Expeditions: Viking, GTA, Mafia, Far Cry, Delta Force, DOOM, Undying, Yu-Gi-Oh...

• documentaries
• tattoos
• concerts
• festivals
• movies
• board games
• podcasts
• music
• electronic music
• hip-hop music
• metal music
• cycling
• sports
• tennis
• geopolitics
• football
• airplanes
• series
• pop music
• urban planning
• card games
• balkans
• pc gaming

Music, Movies, and Books

Although half the time I'm listening to metal and rock, I'm a huge music lover and I enjoy almost any genre, if I like the track. Recently I'm listening most often to bands and artists like Delain, Visions Of Atlantis, Beyond The Black, The Warning, April Art, Royale Lynn, Dogma, The Pretty Wild, Against The Current, Poppy, Architects, Bring Me The Horizon, Asking Alexandria, Bad Omens, Annisokay, Memphis May Fire, Sleep Theory, Versus Me, Self Deception, No Resolve, etc. So mainly symphonic metal, metalcore and pop-rock. But also some of my all-time favorites are Axel Rudi Pell, Gotthard, everything with Ronnie James Dio, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Eluveitie, Three Days Grace, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Judas Priest, Helloween, Primal Fear, Rage, HammerFall, Stratovarius, Edguy, Twisted Sister, Haggard, Diabulus In Musica, Xandria, Amaranthe, In This Moment, Arch Enemy, Guano Apes, Papa Roach, Nothing More, Halestorm, Shinedown, 3 Doors Down, Staind, Trapt, The Pretty Reckless, From Ashes To New, Hollywood Undead, AC/DC, Rammstein, November-7, Luminize, etc.

Pop, electronic and hip-hop music usually sound for the rest of my day as I'd mention DMX, Eminem, Jessie J, Sia, Alan Walker, Marshmello, September, LP, Skylar Grey, Emeli Sande, Ellie Goulding, Bebe Rexha, Zara Larsson, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Minelli, INNA, Roxette, C-Block, Lene Marlin...

Also I like to listen songs on different languages except English and Bulgarian, but I love Serbian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, French as well, even if I only understand some words or sentences. Tropico Band, Dubioza Kolektiv, S.A.R.S., Beogradski sindikat, Coby, Gazda Paja, Nikolija, Cvija, Milica Pavlovic, Tea Tairovic, Carla's Dreams, Zdob și Zdub, Holly Molly, Leningrad, Zaz...

It was a major goal of my 20s to listen live and meet most of my favorite bands and artists which I combined with my passion for travelling, so I attended hundreds of gigs and festivals in Europe. Partial listing here:
https://www.setlist.fm/concerts/RockSeeker

For movies or TV series I'm not the biggest fan of the Hollywood happy-ending style, so often I'd prefer something European or South American. If I should point out some titles, they'd be El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) feat. Ricardo Darín, Завет (Promise Me This) directed by Emir Kusturica, V for Vendetta, The Green Mile feat. Tom Hanks and based on Stephen King's novel for the movies and Vikings, Полицейский с Рублёвки (The Policemen of Rublyovka), Shameless feat. Emmy Rossum and Silo feat. Rebecca Ferguson for the series. I like documentaries as well, Air Crash Investigation is a favorite as I'm interested in aviation. Bikes vs Cars by Fredrik Gertten is at the same time one of the documentaries that resonates with me the most and makes me sad. Also I'm intrigued about controversial and so called alternative directors like Lars von Trier. Recently I follow many podcasts as well.

I rarely read books, but when I do I'm this kind that if I start reading and I'm thrilled, I can't stop until I reach the end.
I'm not a fan of specific genre, but I have a complete collection of all the novels and short stories by Agatha Christie.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The band of my life, as I like to call it, got me on the tour bus once and gave me a ride on the eve of my b-day in 2015 as a gesture of gratitude that I was keep travelling over Europe to attend gigs of them for 5 years and listening to them for 9. It was from Bucharest to Sofia for their first gig ever in Bulgaria . 9 years later, on the day of my birthday this time, I attended another one of them in Milan with 15 friends of mine, all of us travelling from different countries to gather there and celebrate. The guys made the whole room to sing to me "Happy birthday" and the founder of the band came down from the second floor of the stage to the audience to greet me and shake hands before continue playing... Supporting the rock and metal music scene is a top priority in my life, and that's why such gestures mean the world to me!

Cycled more than 50000km in 8 countries since I started to use odometer in 2008. My two longest tours so far are twice for about 1000km each - the first one was a tour of Romania in 2013 and the second, going from my hometown Sofia to Budapest crossing the whole of Serbia in 2019 when shortly after the pandemic hit. Longest distance cycled in a day is about 200km during 3-days ride to the seaside in Bulgaria and most elevation gain in a day is more than 4000m for about 160km in Rhodope Mountains. Here it is my Strava profile where I upload most of my intercity rides: https://www.strava.com/athletes/23190116

Dozens of people around me were inspired, asked me for assistance and I helped them to choose what kind of a bicycle to buy.
Some of them use it only for faster and more enjoyable moving around the city, but others began to join us for intercity trips as well. Although this is a modest contribution to the overall situation, I hope and I want to believe that lots of small steps like that would lead to more human-friendly infrastructure and less car-oriented cities.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria